Plesdinaz, Val Gardena (Permian of Italy)

Also known as Plesch d'Inaz, Grödner Joch

Where: South Tyrol, Italy (46.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bellerophon Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. M. Ogilvie Gordon. 1927. Das Grödener-, Fassa- und Enneberggebiet in den Südtiroler Dolomiten: Geologische Beschreibung mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Überschiebungserscheinungen. Teil III. Paläontologie. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 24(2):1-88 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204983: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.10.2019, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Rhodophyceae
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Gymnocodium nodosum n. sp. Ogilvie Gordon 1927
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
"Gymnocodium bellerophontis" = Gyroporella bellerophontis, "Vermiporella velebitana" = Stolleyella velebitana, "Mizzia yabei" = Stolleyella yabei, Mizzia velebitana
"Gymnocodium bellerophontis" = Gyroporella bellerophontis Rothpletz 1894
"Vermiporella velebitana" = Stolleyella velebitana Schubert 1908
"Mizzia yabei" = Stolleyella yabei Karpinsky 1908
Mizzia velebitana Schubert 1908
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
"Valvulina" sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Bellerophon cf. comelicanus" = Stachella pseudohelix, "Bellerophon peregrinus" = Warthia peregrinus
"Bellerophon cf. comelicanus" = Stachella pseudohelix Stache 1877 snail
"Bellerophon peregrinus" = Warthia peregrinus Laube 1868 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon janus Stache 1877 snail
Bellerophon vigilii Stache 1877 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica comelicana Stache 1877 moon snail
Bivalvia
  - Aviculidae
Avicula cingulata Stache 1878 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus obscurus Sowerby 1821 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Allorisma depressa n. sp. Ogilvie Gordon 1927 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia kingi Kittl 1903 oyster
"Avicula stachii n. sp." = Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga von Schlotheim 1816 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Hinnites ? crinifer" = Eumorphotis striatocostata
"Hinnites ? crinifer" = Eumorphotis striatocostata Stache 1878 scallop
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
"Pecten comelicanus" = Gardenapecten comelicanus
"Pecten comelicanus" = Gardenapecten comelicanus Stache 1878 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Aucella cf. hausmanni" = Liebea squamosa
"Aucella cf. hausmanni" = Liebea squamosa Sowerby 1829 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula cf. beyrichi" = Nuculopsis beyrichi
"Nucula cf. beyrichi" = Nuculopsis beyrichi von Schauroth 1854 nut clam